EMS becomes an Accredited Certificate Provider

The ESS creates a financial incentive for clients undertaking projects which reduce electricity consumption. It provides new opportunities for energy saving equipment and technologies to be provided to businesses and households.

Since the beginning of this scheme in July 2009, ESS participants have benefited from lower electricity bills through implementing energy savings activities and have gained income from selling energy savings certificates through this market based mechanism. The scheme is legislated to continue until 2020 or until a National Scheme is introduced.

How the ESS works?

Organisations identify energy savings projects that they can implement. These projects must reduce electricity consumption by installing, improving or replacing energy savings equipment.

Accredited Certificate Providers implement their energy savings projects and create certificates based on the energy savings (each certificate is equivalent to one tonne of CO2e emissions avoided).